Practitioner's Guide to Using Research for Evidence-Based Practice (eBook)

Allen Rubin, Ph.D. is the Kantambu Latting College Professorship for Leadership and Change at the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work. He is the author of a number of best-selling titles in social work research and he currently serves as Chair of the Evidence-Based Practice track for the Council on Social Work Education. Dr. Rubin led an international symposium on Improving Teaching of EBP. Jennifer Bellamy, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at the School of Social Service Administration at The University of Chicago, where she has been a faculty member since 2008. She has numerous publications in the area of EBP in social work.

"I believe that clinicians of all experience levels would do well to read this book. While some of the topics may be familiar to recent graduates, a review of the techniques for critically assessing research can never be anything but beneficial. Rubin's use of personal examples from his own clinical work brings the area into the real world. In addition, readers should find his inclusion of synopses, key chapter concepts, and exercises useful and informative." (PsycCritiques, August 2008)

Praise for the first edition:

"I particularly like the integration of research methods and
EBP; this is the book's major innovation in my mind as it allows
readers to see the connections between research and practice. Rubin
also succeeds by taking very complex EBP principles and explaining
them in practical terms."

--Jeffrey M. Jenson, Ph.D., University of Denver,
Graduate School of Social Work

"An extraordinary and important book. Its approach to
evidence-based practice is very sound, realistic, and generous to
the complexities of everyday practice. It provides an excellent
practitioner's desk book to students and professionals who want to
implement evidence-based practice. Reading and using this book is a
must."

--Haluk Soydan, Ph.D., University of Southern
California, School of Social Work

"Rubin keeps the reader engaged in a topic that otherwise might
have been less than exciting. This book is informative to
old-timers like me and I would imagine to those new to the research
enterprise and evidence-based practice. Allen Rubin has done it
again! Another fine contribution to research and the advancement of
evidence-based practice."

--Kevin Corcoran, Ph.D., J.D., Portland State
University, School of Social Work

"This book has the potential to change practice in the helping
professions. Rather than focusing on how to conduct research, the
Practitioner's Guide to Using Research for Evidence-Based
Practice instead shows readers how to understand the
literature.... This is a monumental shift. Evidence-based practice
requires the use of evidence, yet students often struggle with
interpreting what they find in the literature and will sometimes
give up on the entire process. Rubin solves this dilemma by giving
us a comprehensive yet readable text for the uninitiated and he
does so in a manner that may even engage the uninterested. In
particular, his generous use of humor and the inclusion of simple,
practice relevant examples make this book a pleasure to read for
students at almost any level. Imagine laughing while learning what
you need to know about research! I never thought I'd see the
day."

--Aron Shlonsky, Ph.D., University of Toronto, Faculty
of Social Work